Coastal geomorphology coursework on the North Norfolk coast - page 7
Keywords: This is a coursework on the coasts of Cley and Overstrand in the North Norfolk coast
By Northcott on 26/09/2008
Level: VGCSE
Page Number: 7 of 8 pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
and measuring the gradient of the beach are correct. This has helped me produced accurate results. In terms of making the study more in depth future fieldwork we could have looked at the stone shapes. This could give us a wider picture of the rates of erosion. Detailed weather conditions could have helped us as well, seeing as though there was a storm at Cley, this could have altered our results. We could have gone to the same places regularly for the next few months to gain an average and more accurate results.
I think that I have accurately answered the first question of the variety in landforms. As Cley and Overstrand had completely different surroundings it was clear that you had to assess and look at each of these landforms closely. At Cley it was obvious that the pebbles and the gradient of the beach were the key things with this part of the coast. Where as at Overstrand it was clear that the cliffs, what they were made of and the sea defences were the most important thing.
The second question was a bit broader with three different aspects to it. The geology, past and present processes these all had to be answered and some of the answers to this question overlapped with the third one. At Cley the past and present processes were such things as the fishing, dredging and humans moving the stones. Overstrand, there was a lot of sea defences and ways of reducing wave energy. The cliffs were also something that needed assessing with the drainage of the permeable clay, the flint and the chalk all made up these cliffs that were the centre of our focus at Overstrand.
Human activity is a key part in any environment and it is obvious that in Overstrand this is the case. There is a vast variety of sea defences that all contribute into remove wave energy or removing water from the cliff. At Cley this is less in your face as the fisherman and the towns people are the main Human activities. These human activities could provide some changes to the landforms around them slowly but surely and although we may not recognise it they could be helping changing the landforms.
Evaluation
I think that my data is reasonably reliable, obviously if I made another set of results on a different day then I could make them more accurate with
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